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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    I think they need to send him to Elizabethon... No one else there is worth watching, and he's toyed with the GCL.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    Yes. The org isn't hurting for cash this year, paying his salary to add a C+ prospect is well worth it.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm guessing that means Pinto is spending the rest of the season in Rochester.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    Too low. I think they send us Zach Lee too.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Good grief, eat some of that salary if it gets a decent prospect.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    This doesn't make a lot of sense for a team picking in the top 10. It makes a ton of sense if you are picking in the 20s. There's some pretty elite talent in next season's draft, so walking away with a Trea Turner type guy or a high ceiling pitcher makes the most sense.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    Looks like he's starting to come around in AA. Raised his average up to .240
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    Deduno has earned the Diamond spot in the rotation for next season, and hopefully he fares better than Diamond did this season. That seems fairly optimistic at this point. I'm sure he's helped by improved middle infield defense since he seems to be a bit of a worm killer. That said, if he can sustain this, he's a very nice back of the rotation option. If he can figure out how to dial it back up and get those extra Ks he's given up this season, he could become a very good pitcher in general, and given his control would fit in quite well with the next wave of guys.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    Dave Dravecky = horrific injury Hope Hudson can still play. Always liked him.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    That was 17 years ago. Prospects are looked at a bit differently these days.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Interesting game for Gonsalves today, striking out 6 in 3 innings... walked 3.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    So it sounds like Peavy is going to the D'backs and Chicago's asking price (per mlbtr) is a top 50 guy rounding out a 3/4 person trade. Is Perk worth the same as Peavy? I'd think so personally... not sure if other GMs are though.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    2015. Problem I see is that GMs don't appear to be willing to give up for Perk what most of us think he should fetch.... I want a prospect that changes the percentage in your question.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    Given the return on what relievers have been traded, I'm not sure Perkins should be traded. No thanks if we aren't looking at a top 50 guy.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Worried? No, but he's not ready now. So need to burn one unnecessarily.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    Neither Plouffe or Dozier have the value right now to get something of need. That to me ends the trade conversation. Neither will net much.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    2014 is only an option year if he gets put on the 40 man this year, and he returns to the minors next year. An option is not burned if he's put on it next year and never goes back to the minors. But that said, he doesn't need to go on the 40 man this year, and he's only in AA. He will get put on the 40 man next year sometime, whether that be in September (for Sept call ups) or June because he forced the issue with his play in Rochester. That said, when he's added, he will stay with the club for the remainder of the season or they risk losing an option. Players only get 3 options, wasting one when you don't need to simply to give a guy a look isn't a smart business move.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    You can get better than a 4 for Perk. I wouldn't trade him for a 4, the Twins have plenty of 4s.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    32 overall in a deep draft... yeah, I'd do that in a heart beat.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    plenty of flash... failed flash, but flash.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd guess Wimmers will likely be sent to FTM at some point later this year. Though I'm not sure how many starts he's going to get there. Gibson was on a pretty similar time table last year and appeared in 9 games in the GCL, 2 in Fort Meyers, and 2 in Rochester where he was pitching when he first got hurt. Wimmers will likely see something similar, which means he won't be in Fort Meyers till September. To answer your other question, Kepler and Vargas should be protected, though for some reason I didn't think Vargas needed to be protected this year. I think you can make a case for not protecting Wimmers, though it will be a bit of a tough decision. There are some other names that need to be added as well, though I'm not sure offhand... I think technically Goodrum and Rosario can wait another year. Darnell will likely be protected and potentially (though not likely) Angel Morales and DB Romero. There was a thread on this a while back, but I cannot seem to find it.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    That doesn't excuse poor business decisions. He could have a season ending injury in AAA 2014 and spend 2015 rehabbing it and struggle in his first taste of the bigs in 2016 in the middle of a pennant race, kind of like some guy named Jason Kubel did. Things happen, and while the odds are low, that doesn't excuse poor management. My point is that there is absolutely zero reason to put him on the 40 man this year. He isn't destroying AA and he's not likely going to open next season in MN. As such, he'll get added next year when there's a spot for him that will remain for the duration of the season, but not until then.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    This team has gone out of its way to get both. There's plenty of "flash" in the minors right now, and Sano is a good example of that as are guys like Rosario and Benson. There's plenty of gritty hard nosed players too. A good team will need both to succeed.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    I wasn't talking about Stewart in particular. It was more Eades and Turner in relation to where Mayo ranked them. I tend to agree with the high ranking on Stewart and would have him in the top 5 somewhere (though I still place emphasis on actual results).
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Not for being called up in September. They lose an option if they put him on the 40 man this year and then send him to the minors next year. He doesn't need to go on the 40 man until after next season, so the only way he gets put on the 40 man prior to that is if the Twins have no intention of sending him back down at all during 2014 or what's left of that season.
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